Marina Man and Woman of the Year

2025 Marina Man and Woman of the Year Awards and Fundraiser

Congratulations to the 2025 Man and Woman of the Year and Lifetime of Service Award Recipients!

SAVE THE DATE:

2025 Marina Man and Woman of the Year Awards and Fundraiser

Saturday, September 19th, Beginning at 5 p.m.

Springhill Suites by Marriott, The Dunes on Monterey Bay

215 10th St. Marina, CA 93933

Sara L. Williams will be presented as Woman of the Year and Hugo Cortez Hernandez will be presented as Man of the Year. The nomination committee elected to present Donald R. Livermore with the Lifetime of Service Award.

The awards will be presented on Saturday, September 19th, at the Springhill Suites, The Dunes on Monterey Bay, 215 10th St. Marina, CA 93933. Dinner tickets are available below.

Please plan to join us as we honor Sara, Hugo, and Don at this special community event. All proceeds from this event benefit programs in Marina.

The Marina Foundation is proud to continue this long running community awards program given annually to two outstanding Marina citizens who have served the Marina community with distinction during the past calendar year and over a period of years.

Thank you to our Sponsors: Wescom Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Engineering, First Pacific Financial Services, and Springhill Suites.

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Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors of the 2024 awards presentation: Wescom Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Engineering, First Pacific Financial Services, and SpringHill Suites.

The Marina Foundation is proud to continue the annual Marina Man and Woman of the Year awards, a long-running community awards program, previously established by the Marina Chamber of Commerce. This event recognizes two outstanding Marina citizens who have served the Marina community with distinction during the calendar year and over a period of years. The awards have grown to include the Lifetime of Service Award for the Marina Community.

Highlights & Impact

  • In 2026 the awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 19th at Marina Spring Hill Suites.
  • Members of the public make the nominations; past recipients review the nominations and decide who should win.
  • The previous year’s recipients present the awards to the current year’s recipients.
  • The Marina Man and Woman of the Year awards ceremony is the only general fundraiser held by The Marina Foundation and includes a silent auction.

Past Recipients

Man Of The Year

1995N/A
1996JAMES FORD
1997N/A
1998FERNANDO MANZANAL
1999N/A
2000N/A
2001ROBERT EGGERS
2002STEVE EMERSON
2003BOB SCHAFFER
2004GUY LUCAS
2005N/A
2006GORDON NAKAGAWA
2007TOM HORNICK
2008N/A
2009CAMBREL MARSHALL
2010CARL FARlA
2011KEN GRAY
2012MIKE MAST
2013JACK STEWART
2014MICHAEL GRAHAM
2015SID WILLIAMS
2016BUTCH FERNANDEZ
2017MICHAEL OWEN
2018ALLEN BOWMAN
2019RON LEBDA
2020JIM OSBORN
2021TERRY SIEGRIST
2022J. MICHAEL MASTERSON
2023JOEY SILVA
2024STEVE LEE

Woman Of The Year

1995EDITH JOHNSEN
1996N/A
1997CANDY MYERS-OWEN
1998N/A
1999PATTI BRADSHAW
2000LENORE MASTERSON ROBERT
2001N/A
2002DOROTHY EMERSON
2003N/A
2004N/A
2005ILA METTEE-MC CUTCHON
2006JEANNE NAKAGAWA
2007ADELIA HORNICK
2008RENEE BAILEY
2009INEZ LOCKWOOD
2010JACKIE GONZALES
2011DARLENA RIDLER
2012SALLY FRENCH
2013JOY }UNSAY
2014ASTRID LANG
2015LIS BILLINGSLEY
2016LEI FERNANDEZ
2017GRACE SILVA-SANTELLA
2018JOANNE BOWMAN
2019DANA CLEARY
2020CHERYL SWIX
2021NANCY AMADEO
2022NANCY FORTMAN
2023ERICA GRAHAM
2024VALERIE JENSEN

Lifetime of Service to the Marina Community Award

2018Roger Williams
2019Edith Johnsen
2020Joan Blake
2021Lenore Masterson
2022Jeanne Nakagawa
2023Mike Mast
2024The Rev. Jon Perez and Robert Munoz